<p>During O-Week, the orientation session for first-years and transfers the week before classes start. You take a bunch of placement tests, you meet with an advisor, and you register for classes.</p>
<p>About half of the profs assign Fagles, about half Lattimore for the Iliad. Lattimore is published by “the press” (meaning University of Chicago Press), and I believe that all lit hum classes at Columbia use Lattimore.</p>
<p>While they are pretty similar in translation, you will want to have the same page numbers as your peers, so it’s easier to flip to page 73 rather than book XVII, line 148.</p>
<p>Unalove,</p>
<p>If you’re reading Stanley Fish, you might want to check out “Surprised by Sin” (if you didn’t already have to read it for the Core).</p>
<p>“Pan’s Labyrinth” is a great movie – better than any Spanish class for immersing you in the essence of Spain, not to mention the ancient mythic roots of Europe.</p>
<p>Try Jane Smiley’s “Ten Days in the Hills” to experience film-through-lit (and to return to quintessential USA).</p>
<p>And then watch “Mulholland Drive” and “Taras Bulba.”</p>
<p>Thank heavens for Netflix. And public libraries.</p>
<p>pans labyrinth was an awesome movie. on a somewhat related note, i also watched “Frida” recently, which i thought was a very good biopic on frida kahlo</p>
<p>Ach! I love Stanley Fish! I love Pan’s Labyrinth!</p>
<p>Pan’s Labyrinth was great. Really heartbreaking.</p>
<p>Does anybody have a top 10 movie list? I don’t have an official one, but if I did, it would look something like this:</p>
<ol>
<li> 2001: A Space Odyssey– probably the best movie I’ve ever seen, but not one I could watch on a regular basis.</li>
<li> Say Anything– it’s about high schoolers in love!!! and one of them is adorably awkward!!!</li>
<li>Fellini’s 8 1/2– words do not do this movie justice. It’s amazing and crazy and amazing.</li>
<li> Moulin Rouge– because I am still secretly obsessed with it, and because they were playing the love song medley in the div school coffee shop the other day and I sang along.</li>
<li> Mr. Smith Goes to Washington– classic as classic gets.</li>
<li> Animal House– classic as classic gets, with booze.</li>
<li> The Godfather</li>
<li> *Adaptation<a href=“read%20The%20Orchid%20Thief,%20too!”>/I</a></li>
<li> The Little Mermaid
10.Ten Things I Hate About You</li>
</ol>
<p>Runners-up:</p>
<p>Clueless, Metropolis, The Big Red One, Paths of Glory, Schindler’s List, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Children of Paradise, Dogma</p>
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<p>one of my favorites! pride and prejudice is up there too</p>
<p>No particular order, but my list is something like:
-The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
-12 Angry Men (1957)
-Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1988)
-Goodfellas (1990)
-The Lives of Others (2006)
-After Hours (1985)
-Vertigo (1958)
-Dumb & Dumber (1994)
-Best in Show (2000)
-The Conversation (1974)</p>
<p>Love your list!</p>
<p>Cory: I think you just found your way into a many girls’ hearts. General consensus is that the BBC version with Colin Firth is the best one.</p>
<p>Awesome thread-- thanks, unalove!</p>
<p>This is my summer reading list so far:
- first couple chapters of Herstein’s Topics in Algebra
- The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky
- Don Quixote, Cervantes
- Ramayana
- The Origin of Satan by Elaine Pagels</p>
<p>I’m reading Karamazov now, and it’s great, but I’m not in love with the translation. It’s the new Pevear/Volohnksky translation, and it’s a little too simple for me. Still, Dostoevsky is wonderful.</p>
<p>I’m extremely excited to be going to Chicago next fall, too. Last year I attended a small Wisconsin state school, and it was far less than challenging. I’m pumped to be in a really stimulating environment, with other people who (evidently!) love to learn. I felt like I was always dumbing myself down to make friends at my last school, so if I’m able to have good conversations at Chicago, I’ll be very pleased.</p>
<p>I’m soooo excited to register for classes next fall. I can’t wait until I have my login info and can look at the course schedules.</p>
<p>I have a movie list, also-- the next four movies to watch are Barbarella, Teeth, Lost in Translation, and Welcome to the Dollhouse. I watched a lot of classics and arty films during the semester, so now I want to watch a couple campy comedies.</p>
<p>In my spare time I’ve been cooking a lot (pierogies and borsch! brownies and carrot cake!) and indulging myself with a video game called Professor Layton and the Curious Village. It has a lot of cute mind puzzles in it, though it’s pretty easy for someone out of junior high. Thus, guilty pleasure!</p>